Metamorphism in the northern taltson magmatic zone, Northwest Territories

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1069-1091

  Berman, Robert G ^a   Bostock, Hewitt H ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Al in orthopyroxene geothermometer; Geothermobarometry; Granitic batholiths of S type; Granulite facies; Metamorphism; Northwest Territories; Taltson Magmatic Zone

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMOBAROMETRY; GRANULITE; METAMORPHISM;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 0031403486     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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